A senior lawyer has ruled that the sentences given to three people who covered up the death of a Foleshill toddler were not unduly lenient.

Kamran Khalid, Razwannah Yousef and Saima Bashir were sentenced last month for their roles in covering up the circumstances of three-year-old Mariam Alam’s death in 2011.

Only Khalid was jailed after a court heard that his actions delayed paramedics being called, with Yousef and Bashir given community sentences.

The matter was referred to the solicitor general but this week it was confirmed that the sentences would not be reviewed.

A spokesman said: “A very high threshold must be reached before the court of appeal will find a sentence to be unduly lenient and in these cases, the solicitor general found that the sentences passed were in line with the guidance of the court of appeal.”